adj
Meaning 1
Slightly fat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chubby, pudgy, rotund, stout
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
podgy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒd͡ʒi/
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General-American: /ˈpɑd͡ʒi/
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rhymes with -ɒdʒi
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adj
Meaning 2
Stodgy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
short and plump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumpy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From podge + -y.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дундест (dundest) — slightly fat
- French: enrobé — slightly fat
- French: replet — slightly fat
- German: pummelig — slightly fat
- German: moppelig — slightly fat
- German: mollig — slightly fat
- German: rundlich — slightly fat
- Swedish: knubbig — slightly fat
- Swedish: plufsig — slightly fat
- Swedish: rultig — slightly fat